Linger



(No Model.) I 1 A. M. ROLLING-ER.

' SHOE.

No, 556,801. Patented MM. 24,1396.

UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

ALEXANDER M. BOLLINGER, OF XVILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,801, dated March24, 1896.

Application flied September 3, 1895. Serial No. 561,339. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, ALEXANDER lll. BOL- LINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Villiamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Shoe, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes, and more especially to the constructionof the upper, which is formed of a single blank cut in the requiredpattern and fashioned and crimped so as to secure the required shape.

The invention aims to provide a shoe of this general character whichwill have elastic gores or side pieces and which will secure ease andcomfort to the wearer and result in economy of material and a saving oflabor, all as will appear more fully hereininafter; and to these endsthe improvement consists of the novel features which hereinafter will bemore particularly set forth, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure lis a perspective View of a shoeembodying the essence of the present invention. Fig. 2 shows the patternor blank from which the shoe is formed. Fig. 3 is a detail View showingthe Vamp and the counter-stiifener partially folded. Fig. et isa detailView similar to Fig. 3, showing the rear portion. and the front part ofthe blank folded about into the position which they will occupy in thecompleted shoe.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in the variousViews.

The pattern comprises the semi-elliptical portion l, which forms thecombined vamp and quarters, the rear portion i), Which forms the heeland the upper rear part of the shoe, the counter or heel-stiifener 3,and the upper front portion a, which has attachment with the part 2 bymeans of a strip 5. The parts 2 and 3 are separated by means of a curvedline, and are adapted to be folded about on the dotted line shown inFig. 2. The front portion l is folded longitudinally about on thedot-ted line illustrated in the said Fig. 2, thereby bringing theheel-stiltener 3 into proper position, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3.Vents 6 extend inward from the top edge of the part 2 and incline inopposite directions, so as to come upon opposite sides of the shoe afterthe parts have been properly folded, as shown most clearly in Fig. d,and these Vents receive the elastic gores or side pieces 7,Which latterare stitched along the edges thereof in the usual manner, as indicatedin Fig. l. The strip S formed at the inner end of the part l comesinside of the fold of the upper front portion 4 and stiffens the latterand prevents Wrinkling of the slice and otherwise reinforces andmaintains the proper shape of the shoe after the latter has been crimpedinto the desired form.

The blank having been cut into the form substantially as shown by thepattern illustrated in Fig. 2, is folded substantially as shown in Fig.et, and the edge portions, Where they meet the body of the blank, arestitched thereto, and the upper is crimped to give it the requiredfinish. The elastic gores or side pieces 7 can be placed in position soas to close the Vents G prior to the folding of the blank or after thelatter has been folded and the edge portions secured, as may be foundmost convenient. After the upper has been properly formed it is lined,soled, heeled, and otherwise iinished according to the practice of themanufacturer and the requirement of the trade. By having the part Sfitting in the fold of the front portion 4 the latter is stiened and theshoe Will retain its shape for a much longer period than if the saidpart 8 were dispensed with, and the said part i Will not Wrinkle orbreak down.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A shoeof the character set forth, formed from a single blank of the patternsubstantially as herein shown and comprising the front or Vamp portionl, the rear part 2, the latter having oppositely-disposed ventsextending inwardly froin its top edge, and which Vents are closed byelastic gores or side pieces, the part 4, Which forms the upper frontportion of the shoe, and the part S for reinforcing the part 4,substantially in the manner set forth for the purpose described.

2. A shoe having its upper constructed from a single blank out into thepattern substantially as herein set forth and comprising the frontportion l, the rear portion 2, having the oppositely-disposed vents 6extending inwardly therein from the top edge, the In testimony that IClaim the foregoing as part 4, forming the upper front portion, the myOwn I have hereto afixed mysignature m heel-stiffener 3, and thereinforcing part 8, the presence of two Witnesses.

the latter entering the fold of the said part 4, ALEXANDER M. BOLLINGER.5 and the vents G being closed by means of Vtnesses:

elastic gores or side pieces, substantially as N. A. HUGHES,

set forth. CHAS. E. HAYES.

